Music govt L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a earlier worker who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reviews. Particulars of the settlement—which was introduced at the moment, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to start—weren’t disclosed.
In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice chairman of A&R at Arista Information, alleged Reid had groped and digitally penetrated her with out consent on two separate events whereas she labored on the label. The primary incident reportedly befell on a non-public aircraft to an organization retreat; the second in Reid’s automobile. After Dixon rebuffed Reid at future outings, she claims he derailed her profession. Dixon filed her lawsuit beneath the Grownup Survivors Act, which opened a one-year window for civil lawsuits involving sexual offenses, even when the statute of limitations had run out. In 2017, Reid stepped down from his place at Epic Information following a separate sexual-harassment allegation.
In an announcement to Pitchfork, Imran H. Ansari, an legal professional for Reid wrote that their consumer had “amicably resolved this matter with Ms. Dixon with none admission of legal responsibility.”
“Drew Dixon is an awfully gifted music govt, and this decision will empower her to maneuver ahead together with her artistic pursuits—on her personal phrases—together with her repute, her voice, and her profession reaffirmed,” Dixon’s legal professional, Kenya Davis, mentioned in an announcement to Pitchfork. Dixon added, “I hope my work as an advocate for the Grownup Survivors Act helps to convey us nearer to a safer music enterprise for everybody. In a world the place excellent news is usually exhausting to search out, I hope for survivors that at the moment is a ray of sunshine peeking via the clouds.”
In 2017, Dixon accused the music mogul Russell Simmons of rape. She later appeared in On the Report, a documentary that detailed these allegations.
